Policy and Guidance

Key Policy, Guidance Documents

Summary

The Environmental Preferable Purchasing Program is based on a number of key documents that describe requirements for federal purchasers. This page summarize the key documents and links to them.

Final Guidance on EPP

Central to the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program is EPA's Final Guidance on Environmentally Preferable Purchasing, which highlights its five guiding principles. Each comprising a major section of the guidance, the principles were established to help executive agencies identify and purchase environmentally preferable products and services. Read the full text of EPA's Final Guidance on Environmentally Preferable Purchasing.

The Office of the Federal Environmental Executive published the Designated Green Products for Federal Procurement, which is a compilation of the products for which EPA, the Department of Energy, and Department of Agriculture have provided environmental or energy attribute recommendations.